I don't think that the BBC are trying to force anyone to watch anything. Nor indeed should they. If BBC iPlayer were a commercial service it would knock Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV and a stack of others, into the proverbial cocked hat. The provison is extensive and the quality excellent. And excellent value when comparing costs. What needs to be addressed are the thieves, millions of them, who decry the. service, but watch it just the same. The sooner the BBC drop the licence fee and go commercial, the better. As the National Broadcaster however, they could and should make illegal access nigh impossible. Unpaid access to all any.streaming services requires some kind of illegal activity , and the BBC is no different with the exception that it has legal powwers that others do not. Educating the nation that stealing TV services is a crime, would be doing another great public service.
Really there is no justifiable reason for the BBC to continue to exist in its present form. Many people, including me, have made a conscious decision not to consume any BBC content and, in increasing numbers, chose not to consume any traditional broadcast media at all.
The BBC must learn to compete in this changing world and to find sources of funding in the market place that allow it to serve the viewers who actually consume its content rather than forcing others to pay for something they do not want. It certainly has no right to collude with the government to force itself on their attention. That way lies totalitarianism.
The BBC has long outlived its usefulness and the TV licence fee is no longer remotely justifiable. To have an unaccountable broadcaster being the only beneficiary of reserved taxpayer funding ahead of truly critical public services shows strange priorities in a modern society.
The BBC is not an essential public service and delivers a fairly poor and declining overall product as is evidenced by its fast-declining public support. Those who value its output are welcome to fund it but the rest of us should not be forced to do so.
My rarely used TV remote has Netflix and Amazon Prime buttons. I always wondered what they were for - never pressed them. I have both streaming services, and I do not watch terrestrial broadcast TV.
My TV is over the Internet via an Apple TV box onto whose menu I have downloaded apps for the services I require - including the iPlayer app. I rarely watch BBC live, usually catch-up or from their library. I therefore use the remote for the box - even to turn on the TV, adjust sound, etc. I don’t need the TV remote.
I would think a diminishing number of people, particularly youngsters, watch terrestrial TV. Buttons on remotes is unlikely to deliver the result they think.
Another example of how the nitwits in Government fail to understand the real world outside Westminster… and outside that imaginary little world they have inside their heads.
The quantity of excellent content provided by the BBC is zero.
Be fair - approaching zero.
All these unique UK functions have a cost and this will be paid for by the consumer when they buy equipment or services.
I don't think that the BBC are trying to force anyone to watch anything. Nor indeed should they. If BBC iPlayer were a commercial service it would knock Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV and a stack of others, into the proverbial cocked hat. The provison is extensive and the quality excellent. And excellent value when comparing costs. What needs to be addressed are the thieves, millions of them, who decry the. service, but watch it just the same. The sooner the BBC drop the licence fee and go commercial, the better. As the National Broadcaster however, they could and should make illegal access nigh impossible. Unpaid access to all any.streaming services requires some kind of illegal activity , and the BBC is no different with the exception that it has legal powwers that others do not. Educating the nation that stealing TV services is a crime, would be doing another great public service.
Couldn't agree more. In fact why not make it a competitive subscription service and globalise it.
Really there is no justifiable reason for the BBC to continue to exist in its present form. Many people, including me, have made a conscious decision not to consume any BBC content and, in increasing numbers, chose not to consume any traditional broadcast media at all.
The BBC must learn to compete in this changing world and to find sources of funding in the market place that allow it to serve the viewers who actually consume its content rather than forcing others to pay for something they do not want. It certainly has no right to collude with the government to force itself on their attention. That way lies totalitarianism.
The BBC has long outlived its usefulness and the TV licence fee is no longer remotely justifiable. To have an unaccountable broadcaster being the only beneficiary of reserved taxpayer funding ahead of truly critical public services shows strange priorities in a modern society.
The BBC is not an essential public service and delivers a fairly poor and declining overall product as is evidenced by its fast-declining public support. Those who value its output are welcome to fund it but the rest of us should not be forced to do so.
My rarely used TV remote has Netflix and Amazon Prime buttons. I always wondered what they were for - never pressed them. I have both streaming services, and I do not watch terrestrial broadcast TV.
My TV is over the Internet via an Apple TV box onto whose menu I have downloaded apps for the services I require - including the iPlayer app. I rarely watch BBC live, usually catch-up or from their library. I therefore use the remote for the box - even to turn on the TV, adjust sound, etc. I don’t need the TV remote.
I would think a diminishing number of people, particularly youngsters, watch terrestrial TV. Buttons on remotes is unlikely to deliver the result they think.
Another example of how the nitwits in Government fail to understand the real world outside Westminster… and outside that imaginary little world they have inside their heads.
No thanks